"And don't forget - whoever bought your shares won't be on the...

"And don't forget - whoever bought your shares won't be on the registry and won't qualify for the SPP, and the spp rights attached to those shares have to go to one or the other of you."

Yes, now you put it that way it makes perfect sense to me. Thanks a lot simhayes.

The only thing now, is why did the sp go up after the halt? I can only conclude that I was not the only one confused about the rights issue!!